Tool



F. J. SCHROEDER April 3, 1928.

TOOL

Filed April 8. 1927 FJ: o/zroeder' Patentecl Apr. 3, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK J. SCI-IROEDER, OF ALTOONA, PNNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO, COiNvTINENTAL RAILVJAY SUPPLY CORPORATION, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF DELA- WARE.

TOOL.

Application filed April 8,

This invention relates to a tool especially designed for use by section hands to facilitate the positioning of rail anchors.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a tool of this character which may be hooked over the rail, the tool having jaws to engage the anchor being positioned at one of its sides so that When the lever is pulled, the anchor will be sprung over the rail to lthe bar 9 at a point adjacent'to the jaw 10 position the same.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description prdceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a rail illustrating a rail anchor and a tool constructed in accordance with the invention as in the act of positioning the anchor.

Figure 2 is a rear elevational view of the tool in the act of applying an anchor.

Referrng to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designates a rail, to which the anchor 6 is applied, the anchor 6 being of a. particular construction, and embodying spring arms 7 and 8 constructed to grip the base of the rail at a point adjacent to a railway tie, to the end that a rail equipped with an anchor of this construction will not creep.

The tool which is especially designed for applying an anchor of this character, embodies a bar 9 having a handle portion 10, the lower end of the bar being extended inwardly at right angles as indicated at 10 providing a jaw, the outer extremity of the jaw being curved as at 11 to conform to the curvature of the anchor, or that portion of the anchor against which the jaw engages when the same is beingr employed for positioning an anchor,

The reference character 12 indicates arms which have hoolts 13 formed at the free ends thereof, which hooks 13 are constructed to conform to the shape of the tread of a rail, so that they may be hooked over the tread 1927. Serial NO. 182,125.

of the rail and the tooloperated Without fear of the tool slipping. I

These arms are connected at their onter ends by means of the bolt 14, which bolt is surroundedby the sleeve 15 that has its ends Contacting with 'the Vinner surfaces of the hooks, thereb'y insuring against the 1n0vement of the hooks towards each other.

The arms 12 are pivotally connected with necessary lto move the bar 9 in the direction as indicated by the arrow in Figure 1, which forces the lower portion of they anchor outwardly where it Springs over the base of the rail and 'is securely held on the rail by its frictional .contact therewith.

I claim:

1. A tool for positioning railanchors on rails including a bar having a rightangled end portion, defining a jaw, the free end of the jaw being -curved to engage the anchor, and means carried by the bar to grip the rail to hold the tool while the jaw is being moved forwardly in the act of positioning an anchor.

2. A tool for positioning rail anchors on rails, including a bar having a right angled end portion defining a-jaw to engage the a-nchor, a rail engaging member pivotally connected to the bar adjacent to the right angled end and including a main portion, having a substantially right angled rail tread engaging portion, the substantially right angled portion terminating in a down wardly and inwardly extended portion to i fit under the rail tread.

In testimony that I claiin the foregoing as my own, I have hereto atlixed my signature.

FRANK J. soHRoEDER. 

